Name: Bitter Half
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Angostura di Amaro; 7.5 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Bitter Half
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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar 1910 Retro Coupette 15cl

Ingredients:
1 oz	Angostura di Amaro
¹⁄₄ oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₂ oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba (chickpea water) or Egg white replacement (vegan)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grated nutmeg and bay leaf.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Dust with freshly grated nutmeg and garnish with a bay leaf.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Just on the sweet side of bittersweet with delicious herbal complexity. A great digestive.

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History:

While the idiom "better half" implies that a person's spouse or partner complements and improves the other, the sarcastic "bitter half" variation casts them as a source of bitterness, resentment, or dissatisfaction. Here, it is merely a pun for a bitter liqueur-based cocktail.

Nutrition:

One serving of Bitter Half contains 147 calories

Alcohol content:

0.7 standard drinks
12.97% alc./vol. (12.97° proof)
10.1 grams of pure alcohol

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